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List rules
Hi everyone,
since the legacy list alerts have been retired and rules came in, users with read permissions are not able to create rules without leveraging the power automate service.
in my opinion read inly users should be able to create alerts based on a separate role action.
at the same time, alert related action are still active under permissions level options.
is there anyone else trying to provide rule action to read only users and is so how did you proceed?
Kind regards,
George Stylianou
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Currently there is no supported way to allow Read-only users to create SharePoint Rules. Users must have at least Contribute permission on the list or library to create and manage Rules. This is a known limitation of the replacement for legacy Alerts. - How to make SharePoint Rules accessible to users without granting Contribute permission - Microsoft Q&A.
AFAIK - There is currently no out-of-the-box solution using Rules. Power Automate is the only practical workaround without granting Contribute permissions.
Yes, you are right. I don't know any OOTB way to do that without Power Automate.
Just an idea: you can use JSON Column Formatting combined with Power Automate to create a custom "Subscribe" button right inside the list rows. It can sound a bit complicated, but it completely solves the problem without giving users edit access to your main list.
